Fri, 19 May 2017 09:55:30 +0000 By MUKOSELA KASALWE THE more than 3.6 million metric tonnes maize bumper harvest expected this year has elated the ruling Patriotic Front in Southern Province. Provincial vice information secretary Trymore Mwenda said the large harvest was an indication of President Edgar Lungu’s sound and good leadership qualities. In an interview with the Daily Nation, Mr Mwenda said the expected maize bumper harvest would be the highest in the country’s history and that the achievement had elated and overwhelmed the ruling PF in Southern Province. He said the record maize harvest had been achieved amid numerous setbacks like the armyworms, stalkborers, migratory locusts, teething problems of the e-voucher system and delayed delivery of inputs in some cases. But Mr Mwenda urged farmers in the province not to rush to sell their crop to briefcase buyers but wait to sell their produce to the Food Reserve Agency (FRA) to ensure that […]
